How to Remove Lead from Water
Here’s a twist that will make you laugh-cry: your water might be clean when it leaves the treatment plant. Then it travels through old lead pipes that act like a toxic frat house for water particles. The lead leaches in because your water is slightly acidic or just bored.
So if you live in a house built before 1986 (when lead pipes were banned in the US), your plumbing is basically a historical artifact you don’t want on display. Test your water. Lead poisoning is sneaky—it builds up over time, like a slow-motion betrayal from your own plumbing.